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Friday, December 09, 2011

El Caganer: Feliz Navidad!

From Wikipedia: "A Caganer is a figurine appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia [northern Spain]...The figure is depicted in the act of defecation."

That's right. This is a very popular tradition in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain. This little guy goes somewhere in the background of a nativity scene.

WTF?

Apparently, no one knows how this tradition got started. But it's a really popular one. And they like to make caganer figurines of famous people too.

Yes, that's Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge. Shitting.

A few years back, the city of Barcelona put up a nativity scene that did not include a caganer. Their reason was because it set a bad example in light of a recent law that banned public urination or defecation. The public outrage was so great, they capitulated and stuck the caganer back into the scene.

I don't know what else to say about this, so I'll just let you think about it a while.

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